Robotic War Ships

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by mem

Autonomous killing machines.
And there were those who complain about contractors and non-military targets. Computers have poor judgment at best when making self determining decisions , and giving them the power of life and death is an overstretched delegation of power. Furthermore, human life is far too precises not to be taken without remorse.
This will end well, just like the movies.

Welcome to the Cellar, Mem!

I am also worried about this issue. Haven't these fools seen any science fiction movies? The robots always turn on us. Why the hell are we arming them?

But seriously, malfunction, mis-identification, poor programming ... there is so much that can go wrong.
I guess the appeal is the hope that there will be fewer flag-draped coffins. But the other side is that pollies will find it easier to go to war.